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2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. GRANER.

NEEDLE LOOM.

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No. 441:96. Patented Deo. 2, 1890.-

UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GRANIER, OF NEV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONFfHALF TO JOllN B. CAMORS, OF SAME PLACE.

NEEDLE-LOOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,796, dated December 2,1890.

Application filed January 4, 1890. Serial No. 335,841. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: through the case and plunger of the leftd Be it known that I, JOHN GRANER, a citihand loop-holder on the line ou `w of Fig. 12.. zen of the United States, residing at New Or- Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the lett-hand leans, in the parish of Orleans and State of loop-holder, looking at the front end thereof. 55 5 Louisiana, have invented certain new and Fig.l0 is aplan view of the loom. Fig. ll is an useful Improvements in Needle-Loo1ns; and elevation of the left-hand end thereof. Fig. 12 I do declare the following to be a full, clear, is a longitudinal sectional view through the and exact description of the invention, such case and plunger of the left-hand loop-holder; as will enable others skilled in the art to and Fig. 13 is a detail View, partlyin section 6o ro which it appertains to make and use the same. and elevation, of a portion of the connecting My invention relates to improvements in devices between the needle-carrier and the needle-looms; and it consists of the combina rotary cam for actuating said carrier. y tion` with a single reciprocating eye-pointed For the purposes of this specification l have needle having a staff or bar and a needlenot deemed it necessary to particularly de- 65 I 5 carrier of two loop-holders of improved conscribe or illustrate in detail the features or struction, which are arranged in the path of devices common to every loom, but conline the said reciprocating needle and are altermyself more especially to the illustration and nately operated by the needle in a positive description of the parts which constitute my manner to catch the loops of the wett-threads improvements and those parts of the loom 7o 2o carried by the reciprocating needle, and in associated immediately therewith.

certain combinations of devices and peculiar Like numerals of reference denote corre- Y construction and arrangement of parts, as sponding parts in all the figures of the drawwill be hereinafter more fully described, and ings, referring to whichparticularly pointed out in the claims. l designates a part of the main frame of 7 25 To enable others to understand and prac the loom; 2, the lay-beam thereof, which is tice my inventi0n,lwill now proceed to a decarried by the pivoted lay-swords 3; 1l, the tailed description thereof in connection with crank-shaft; 6, the links intermediate of said the accompanying drawings, in which crank-shaft and lay-beam, and 7 the reed.

Figure l is a front elevation, partly in sec- 8 designates the reciprocating needlecar- 8o 3o tion, of a loom embodying my invention, the rier, which is provided with lateral tianges S', breast-beam and other parts being omitted. and these flanges are iitted in longitudinal Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view,in elevation, guides 9, which are fixed to the lay-beam 2 of the eye-pointed needle, showing the staff and extend from the right-hand end thereof or bainpartlyJi'n section. Fig. 3 is a detail nearly one-half the length of said lay-beam. 85

35 View ot' the 1 needle in longitudinal section To this needle-carrier is rigidly iixed a staff with a part ot the needle-staff in elevation. or bar 10, which carries or is formed at its Fig. 4 is an end elevation, in detail, of the free end with an eye-pointed needle ll. The sliding needle-carrier and the guides in which extreme end ot the needle is bent or curved, said carrier Operates. Fig. 5 is an enlarged as shown at 12 in Fig. 3, and in the rear of 9o 4o transverse sectional View through the case this bent or curved end, which is `reduced and plunger of the right-hand loop-holder on slightly in width, (see Fig. 2,) the said neethe plane indicated by the dotted line :n of die-bar is hulged or enlarged at 13, Fig. 2, so Fig. 6, the loop-holder being shown iu elevathat the end of the needle is greatest in dition. Fig. 6 isa longitudinal vertical central ameter or width at the bulged point 13, for a 95 45 sectional View through the case and plunger purpose to be hereinafter explained, and beot' the right-hand loop-holder in the plane intween the bent or curved end l2 and the dicated by the dotted line U11/ot Fig. 5. Fig. bulged enlarged part 13 the needle-eye Il is 7 is a longitudinal horizontal sectional view formed through the needle. through the case and plunger of the right- The reciprocating needle bar or stati 10 oproc 5o hand loop-holder on the line .e e of Fig. 5. crates in a hollow plunger of the righthand Fig. S is a vertical transverse sectional View loopdiolder l5, andin the path of the needlebar is arranged the solid plunger of the leftliand loop-holder 20, whereby both loop-holders are positively actuated by their plungers, and the plungers are in turn operated by the needle staff or bar in its reciprocating movements to actuate the loop-holders with certainty and precision.

I will now proceed to describe my improved i loop-holders, the right-hand one of which is shown more clearly in Figs. 5 to 7, inclusive, in which figures the numeral 16 designates the case or shell of said loop-holder, which is suitably fixed tothe lay-beam and is open at both ends. This case or shell is formed on its upper side with the lugs or extensions 16', between which is fixed the shank of the loopholder 15, which holder is pivoted on a shaft or pin 15', supported in said lugs or projections, the loop-holder heilig arranged eXteriorly of lthe fixed shell or case, and provided at its forward end with a depending hook 17, adapted to engage and retain the loop in the weft-thread, whilethe rear end of the loopholder is provided with a depending rightangled arm 17', which is bifurcated, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, to embrace a reciprocating plunger 18. This plunger 18 is arranged longitudinally within the iiXed case or shell 16 to slide freely therein, and at one end this plunger has an enlarged head or buffer 18', which is adapted to receive the thrust of the bulged part 13 of the needle staff or bar when the latter is returned to its normal position, and which also serves to arrest the rearward movement of the plunger, because said head abuts against the end of the case or shell. Through this reciprocating plunger is formed an axial longitudinal bore or passage 19, and transversely across the plunger, on opposite sides of its axial bore or passage, are formed recesses 19', the longitudinal bore or passage admitting of the free play or movement of the reciprocating needle bar or staff through the ri ght-hand loop-holder 15 while the transverse recesses 19', in the sides of the plunger receive the bifurcated arms 17' of the pivoted loop-holder, whereby the plunger and loop-holder are connected together and the position of the loop-holder is regulated and determined by the plunger, and the plunger is in turn operated by the reciprocating needle bar or staif to elevate or depress the hookshaped end of the loop-holder.

The left-hand loop-holder 2,0 is essentially the same in construction as the right-hand loop-holder-namely, it has an open-.ended case 21,which is fixed to the lay-beam in line with its fellow loop-holder 15, the reciprocating slotted plunger 22, and the eXteriorly-arranged loop-holder pivoted to the shell and provided with an arm 23, which iits in the slot 28' in the plunger. In the case of the left-hand loop-holder, however, the needlebar does not pass through the plunger, and hence the latter is made solid, with the eX- ception of the transverse slot 23', and the arm 23 of' the loop-holder 20 is in one piece,

instead of being bifurcated, as is the case with the arm ot' the right-hand loop-holder.,

The plungers of the two loop-holders 15 2O are operated by the impact or thrust oi' the needle to positively depress the loop-holders alternately to take into or engage with the loops formed by the weft-thread and at the termination of each back-and-forth movement' of the needle. Thus when the needle has completed its forward movement through the shed it impinges against the concave head of .the plunger 220i the left-hand loop-holder andforces-the said plunger forward to depress the hooked end of the loop-holder 2O and cause it to engage the loop in the weftthread, and when the plunger completes its return movement the bulged part 13 of the needle-bar impinges against the enlarged head of the plunger 18ofthe righ tfhand loopholder 15, which impact forces the plunger rearward with the needle-bar a short distance, which is sufficient to depress the loop-holder 15 and cause it to engage the loop of the weft-thread. The left-hand loop-holder is first disengaged from the weft thread or loop by means of an arm 50, (see Fig. 10,) which is xed to the front part of the frame 1 and in the path of the rear end of the plunger, so that when the lay is swung forward the rear end of the plunger 22 rides against the curved heel of the fixed arm, and the plunger is thus moved longitudinally and operates to lift the free end of the loop-holder 20.

The plunger of the right-hand loop-holder15 is arranged in the path of the reciprocating needle-carrier 8, and as the carrieris moved forward and the needle is pursuing its course through the shed this carrier impin ges against the rear end Aof the plu nger and forces the same forward, thereby lifting the free hooked end of the right-hand loop-holder 15, as will be readily understood. 1

The crank-shaft 4 is provided at one end IOO ITO

with the fast and loose pulleys, as is usual, and

`zontally-inclined lever 28, which lever is pivoted at a point intermediate of its length in,

a fixed bracket 29 on the frame 1, and is adapted to be vibrated on its fulcrum as the friction-roller follows the course of the groove in the cam. To the free end of this inclined lever is coupled a link 30, which has its other end coupled to an upright lever 3l, which is fulcrumed at its lower end on the lay rockshaft, as at 32. The upper free end of this upright lever 31 is pivoted to a link 33, which in turn is pivoted to a depending portion of the needle-carrier 8, wherebv the cam is connected by intermediate devices with the needle-carrier to impart a rectilinear reciprocating movement to said carrier and the needle at suitable regular intervals.`

The pivoted connections between the lergo - vers 28 and 3l and the link 30 is effected by means of loose ball-and-socket joints 33', (see Fig. 13,) in which the sockets are formed or secured on thc ends of thc link, and the balls suitably secured to the levers.

Near the right-hand end of the lay-beam is provided the thread-receptacle 35,- from which the weft-thread is led to the needle and passed through thev eye thereof; but before the weft-thread reaches the needle-eye it passes through a tension-regulating device 3S, which is preferably applied laterally to the shell or case of the right-hand loop-holder 15. Thistension-regulatorconsists ofa springarm 3S, suitably secured to the fixed shell 16 and having a friction-shoe 39 at its free end, upon which said spring-arm bears, and the pressure of the spring-arm on the thread can be regulated bythe adjustment of a thumbscrew Lt0, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7.

lt is obvious from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, that the needle-carrier is lnoved forward and backward in its guides on the lay-beam by the operation of the cam thereon through the system'of levers and links.

The weft-th read from the receptacle 35 runs or extends through an eye or guide 45 on the lay-beam, and thence extends alongside of the shell or case of the right-hand loop-holder 15 over the outer rounded surface of the lug 39 and beneath the spring 38, after which it passes to the eye of the needle. The weftthread is held under proper tension by being compressed against the lug 39 by the spring 38, which latter is adjusted by a thumb-screw 40. The right-hand loop-holder engages the weft-thread as the latter is introduced in the eye of the needle, the point of said loopholder 15 descending in front of the point of the weft-needle-that is, between the point or tip of the needle and the weft-thread when in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and this loop-holder 15 operates to hold the weft-thread as the needle-bar moves forward through the shed and until the hollow plunger of said loop-holder is thrust forward in the manner described to raise the said right-hand loop-holder as the needle-bar completes its forward movement, and thereby release said loop-holder 15 from engagement with the loop in the weft-thread. As the needle bar completes its forward movement through the shed, the front end of said bar colnes in contact with the plunger of the lefthand loop-holder 20 which is depressed by the movement of the plunger to engage the loop of the weft-thread, and simultaneously with the impact of the needle-point on the plunger of the left-handloop-holder 2O the needle-carrier S strikes against the plunger of the righthand loop-holder 15, which plunger is operated to raise the loop-holder 15 in position to engage the weft-loop, whenon the backward or return movement of the needle the bulged part 13 thereof impinges on the head of the plunger 18 and moves the lat-ter rearward to depress the loop-holder 15 and cause it to engage the weft-loop. Just before the completion of the forward movement of the laybeam thc left-hand loop-holder 20 is raised into position to engage the next weft-loop by reason of its plunger riding against the fixed arm 011 the frame and being forced to the right by said arm.

I am aware that slight changes in the form and proportion of parts can be made without departing from the spirit orsacriiicing the advantages of my invention, andi would therefore have it understood that I reserve the right to make such modification as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a reciprocating needle-bar, of an endwise-movable plunger arranged in the path of the said needle-bar to be moved in one direction thereby, and a movable loop-holder connected to said plunger, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with a reciprocating needle-bar, of an endwise-movable plunger arranged in the path of said needle-bar to be actuated by the same, and provided with a transverse recess or slot, and a pivoted loopholder having a hook at its free end, and an arm which fits in the recess or slot of the plunger, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. rlhe combination of a reciprocating needle-bar having the enlarged portion, an endwise-movable plunger having an axial longitudinal bore for the free play of the needlebar therein, and a movable loop-holder connected to said endwise-movable4 plunger, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. The combination, with a lay-beam and 'a reciprocating needle-bar, of a shell or caseV fixed on said lay-beam, a loop-holder pivoted in said shell, and an endwise-movable plunger guided in said shell and connected to the loop-holder to elevate or depress the latter', as and for the purposes described. y

5. The combination, with a lay-beam and a reciprocating needle-carrier guided therein, of an endwise-niovable plunger supported on the lay-beam and arranged in the path of the carrier to be. moved in one direction thereby, a bulged needle-bar secured to the needlecarrier, and which passes through the plunger and moves the latter a limited distance in an opposite direction, and a movable loop-holder connected to said plunger, as and for the purpose described.

G. rlhe combination, with a lay-beam and a reciprocating needle-bar, of an endwisemovable plunger arranged in the path of said needlebar to beA moved a limited distance in one direction by the same, a loop-holder connected to said plunger, and a xed arm arranged on the main frame in the path of the rear end of the said plunger to return the lat- Ico` IIO

ter to its normal position and lift the loopholder, as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination, with a lay-beam; of the solid and hollow plunger-s supported in guides on the lay-beam and arranged in line with each other, the loop-holders pivoted in the guides of the plungers and connected to the plungers, a bulged needle-bar passing through the hollow plunger and adapted to operate the plungers to positively depress the loop-holders, a needle-carrierhaving the needle-bar secured thereto and arranged t-o actuate the hollow plunger and elevate its loopholder, and a fixed arm in the path of the solid plunger to move the latter and raise its loopholder, as described. Y 

